Plant Layout is the physical arrangement of equipment and facilities within a Plant. The Plant Layout can be indicated on a floor plan showing the distances between different features of the plant. Optimizing the Layout of a Plant can improve productivity, safety and quality of Products. Uneccessary efforts of materials handling can be avoided when the Plant Layout is optimized. This is valid for:
- Distances Material has to move
- Distances Equipment has to move
- Distances Operators have to move
- Types of Handling Euipment needed
- Energy required to move items agianst resistance (i.e. gravity)
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The three main types of plant layout are process layout, product layout, and cellular layout. Process layout groups machines or equipment based on their function or process, product layout arranges equipment in a line according to the sequence of operations, and cellular layout arranges workstations in a U-shape to facilitate a small group of workers producing a similar product.
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C. Everton Cass has written: 'Plant layout' -- subject(s): Plant layout
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Jay Cedarleaf has written: 'Plant Layout & Flow Improvement' -- subject(s): Plant layout, Production planning
Plannig the arrangement of plant equipment and people to create the most efficient layout that will produce products of appropriate quality at the l;owest unit costs
The success of your manufacturing plant depends on the layout of your machinery, in relation to the assembly sequence. It is important to always use a spotter when practicing a back layout.